Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner comes off the disabled list today after missing only one start with soreness in his lower back. Two off-days lessened the impact of his absence. It's going to necessitate another roster move, but more on that later. Cashner has one win since April 5, though decisions stray from a pitcher's control. He's trying to lower a 4.98 ERA and 1.687 WHIP accumulated over 13 starts. He's averaging 10.9 hits and 4.2 walks per nine innings. Tonight marks Cashner's...

WASHINGTON - The Orioles loaded the bases tonight against Nationals rookie Jefry Rodriguez with no outs in the top of the fifth inning and settled for one run. The hosts loaded the bases against rookie David Hess with no outs in the bottom half and scored four runs to tie the game. A new inning and new pitcher allowed the Orioles to load the bases with one out in the sixth against reliever Justin Miller. Again, they scored only one run, though it enabled them to reclaim the lead. Failure to...

The hits finally came, in rapid succession, both from guys who have been hitting recently and from guys who haven't been doing it for a while. And then after turning the rest of the game over to their newly reconfigured bullpen, the Nationals looked like the best version of themselves again, outlasting the Orioles for a 9-7 victory that ensured a small bit of history for the home club. Having now beaten their Beltway rivals in all four head-to-head meetings in 2018, the Nationals ensured their...

Michael A. Taylor has been absolutely on fire of late. The man who was once under the Mendoza line has raised his batting average almost forty points in just over two weeks. It's phenomenal what Taylor has been able to do this month. At the beginning of June, Taylor was hitting just .204 and struggling mightily in just about every aspect offensively. But since the calendar turned, Taylor has become a new hitter. This month, in 14 games (nine starts), Taylor has hit a sizzling .429, scored...

There's no sugarcoating it, there's not a lot to be excited about for Orioles fans at the moment. There are, however, several prospects that have seen their stock rise in 2018, and among the top of the class is left-handed pitcher Keegan Akin. Akin, 23, was selected by the Orioles in the second round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of Western Michigan. Along with right-handed pitchers Cody Sedlock and Matthias Dietz, the O's used their top three choices in that draft on pitchers, and...

Tonight the Nationals open a three-game set against their beltway rivals to the North, the Baltimore Orioles. The Nats swept the Orioles in three games at Camden Yards to close out May and have won five in a row dating back to 2017. Trea Turner got the scoring going with a solo homer in the second inning. The homer to left-center was off of Orioles starter David Hess, and was Turner's eighth of the season. It was Turner's first homer since June 3 against the Dodgers. The Orioles answered back...

The Orioles' struggling offense produced just two runs in three games the last time they faced the Washington Nationals. That was against a pitching staff that currently ranks third in the majors with an ERA of 3.38 and second in rotation ERA at 3.23. In late May, the Nationals (38-32) won three at Camden Yards by scores of 6-0, 3-2 and 2-0. The Orioles were held to 20 hits and had a team slash line of .213/.260/.277 in that series. They hit just one homer, walked three times in three games...

WASHINGTON - The Orioles roster was bound to undergo some changes with players ready to come off the disabled list, but the club got a head start by optioning rookie catcher Chance Sisco to Triple-A Norfolk after Sunday's game and recalling Caleb Joseph this afternoon. "I think Chance can back up a little bit and take a breath and kind of get back to some of the things that he's capable of," said manager Buck Showalter. "We all know what a good player Chance has got a chance to be. I think...

Former Royals closer Kelvin Herrera arrived at Nationals Park and into his new clubhouse and was quickly welcomed by a pair of former teammates in relievers Tim Collins and Ryan Madson. Herrera had spent all eight seasons of his career in Kansas City, so when he first heard the news, he had to take a step back. "Yeah, it was very quick," Herrera said through team interpreter Octavio Martinez. "They let me know about 6:20 p.m. (local time). It was unexpected for me and everything happened so...

Just when it looked like they were getting healthier, the Nationals found out today they're losing another key regular for some time. Matt Adams, who while trying to bunt Friday in Toronto took a pitch off his left hand, has been diagnosed with a fractured left index finger and placed on the 10-day disabled list. The Nationals aren't offering any firm timetable for Adams to return, but he won't be able to swing a bat until the facture is completely healed, and only after that will he be able...